artist biography

Robin Hewlett is an artist who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2006, Robin was artist-in-residence at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. While in residence, she initiated the Write to Fight Book Project in collaboration with the Women and Child Rights Project of Burma. Also in 2006, Robin participated in the Khoj International Artist Workshop in Calcutta, India. She has presented work at the International Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Transformer Gallery, Washington DC; and the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA. Robin organizes Spare Room, an informal exhibition space and residency program in her home. She also contributes to The Big Idea, a collectively run radical bookstore.